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Challenging poverty is a fundamental social justice issue. Social workers witness, first-hand, the impacts of poverty on many children, families, and individuals across our society.

The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care represents a once in a generation opportunity to improve services provided to children and families in Northern Ireland.

Learn about our campaign to shape the development and implementation of safe and effective staffing legislation in Northern Ireland.

Since 2019, BASW NI has been campaigning to end the use of restrictive practices involving children with additional needs in educational settings.

Campaigning for social work in Northern Ireland

For social workers who have trained overseas and have now moved / are planning to move to work in the United Kingdom.

Central to BASW NI’s mission to support and develop the social work profession is our work to promote the interests of student social workers.

High quality record keeping is vital to good social work practice. However, all too often paperwork constrains rather than supports practice.